[ltp] "Fn" keys in Linux

[James Knott]

Matt Graham wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 April 2004 18:21, after a long battle with technology, 
> Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:02:05 -0400
>>James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any way to get the "Fn" keys, such as F7 for dispay
>>>switching to work in Linux?  I'm running KDE & SuSE 9.0.
>>
>>They do work on my Yhinkpads (570E, 240, 770Z).  You might need to be
>>more specific.  What model Thinkpad?  APM or ACPI?
> 
> 
> Yes, post the model of Thinkpad you're using.  If you have a Thinkpad 
> with a Rage128 video card, you need to have the line
>    Option "Display" "BIOS"
> in the Device section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config for Fn-F7 to work 
> properly.  I don't know what the right XF86COnfig option is for Radeon 
> video cards.
> 

I have an Intel i830 in mine.  However, I'll give that option a try.